[Source: CNA/NC Register, March 7, 2026] reports on the safe return of 18 seniors and two faculty from The Heights School in Potomac, Maryland, after their layover in Abu Dhabi turned into a multi-day evacuation amid Middle East hostilities. The article emphasizes the teachers’ calm leadership, the boys’ prayers (especially the Rosary), and the “overwhelming feeling of comfort” from widespread prayers. Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente thanked the UAE government and U.S. authorities. The school, affiliated with Opus Dei, is described as teaching “with a Christian spirit and in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church.”
**This narrative reduces Catholic identity to a sentimental, naturalistic humanism that utterly omits the supernatural goals of the true Faith, revealing the apostate core of post-conciliar “Catholic” education.**